by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Alone
Language: English
Our translations: GER
I am alone, in spite of love, In spite of all I take and give -- In spite of all your tenderness, Sometimes I am not glad to live. I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world, About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space unfurled; With earth hidden and heaven hidden, And only my own spirit's pride To keep me from the peace of those Who are not lonely, having died.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Alone", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Alone" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dominick DiOrio , "Alone", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Alone", 2011 [ voice and piano ], from My Songs Do Not Belong To Me, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "Alone", published 1974 [ soprano and piano ], from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Allein", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 80